GRE Word List
SINECURE
an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
The meaning of the word sinecure is an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
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| stentorian | extremely loud |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |